I never play all new stuff, because you got to "dance with the girl that brought you" what is that saying? You got to play the songs that got you there, so I love playing the songs from my very first record.

Life's too short to stay where we are.

I guess we're all one phone call from our knees

If you make people think they're thinking they'll like you, but if you make people actually think, then watch out, you're not going to be popular.

The stories that are too personally vulnerable to write are the ones that must be told.

Getting married and really digging in with another human being can point out your greatest strengths and your greatest weaknesses.

I am not an evangelist. I am not a preacher. I am a musician. That is what I know how to do. I know how to write songs. I know how to write things that relate to my heart. I feel that I talk about God in every song, in everything I do - all of it! I really do not know how to respond. I do not relate to that.